Dinochloa

Genus of grasses

Dinochloa
Dinochloa pubiramea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Clade: BOP clade
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Dinochloinae
Genus: Dinochloa
Büse
Type species
Dinochloa tjankorreh[1]
(Schult.) Büse

Dinochloa is a genus of tropical clumping high-climbing bamboos in the grass family.[2]

These species bear zigzag culms and fleshy fruits. They are found in the hill forests and lowland dipterocarp forest of southern China, Southeast Asia, and the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent.

Species[3][4]
  1. Dinochloa acutiflora
  2. Dinochloa alata
  3. Dinochloa albociliata
  4. Dinochloa andamanica
  5. Dinochloa aopaensis
  6. Dinochloa barbata
  7. Dinochloa cordata
  8. Dinochloa darvelana
  9. Dinochloa dielsiana
  10. Dinochloa elmeri
  11. Dinochloa erecta
  12. Dinochloa glabrescens
  13. Dinochloa hirsuta
  14. Dinochloa kostermansiana
  15. Dinochloa luconiae
  16. Dinochloa macclellandii
  17. Dinochloa malayana
  18. Dinochloa matmat
  19. Dinochloa morowaliensis
  20. Dinochloa nicobariana
  21. Dinochloa obclavata
  22. Dinochloa oblonga
  23. Dinochloa orenuda
  24. Dinochloa palawanensis
  25. Dinochloa petasiensis
  26. Dinochloa prunifera
  27. Dinochloa pubiramea
  28. Dinochloa robusta
  29. Dinochloa scabrida
  30. Dinochloa scandens
  31. Dinochloa sepang
  32. Dinochloa sipitangensis
  33. Dinochloa sublaevigata
  34. Dinochloa trichogona
  35. Dinochloa truncata
  36. Dinochloa utilis
formerly included[3]

see Cyrtochloa Maclurochloa Melocalamus

  • Dinochloa compactiflora - Melocalamus compactiflorus
  • Dinochloa elevatissima - Melocalamus elevatissimus
  • Dinochloa gracilis - Melocalamus mastersii
  • Dinochloa indica - Melocalamus indicus
  • Dinochloa major - Cyrtochloa major
  • Dinochloa montana - Maclurochloa montana

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, Dinochloa Buse
  2. ^ Büse, Lodewijk Hendrik. 1854. Plantae junghuhnianae: enumeratio plantarum, quas, in insulis Java et Sumatra 387-388 in Latin
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ The Plant List search for Dinochloa
Taxon identifiers
Dinochloa